Stephen Hamway
(Public lands reporter)

Stephen Hamway covers Deschutes County and Central Oregon’s public lands for The Bulletin’s city desk. He received his master’s degree from Arizona State University's Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and his bylines have appeared in The Arizona Republic, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, the Phoenix Business Journal and other publications. He loves reading and hiking, cares far too much about Arizona’s professional sports teams and always signals on his way out of roundabouts.

Stories by Stephen Hamway

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An increase in breeding packs could prompt wolves to find new territory

Published April 13, 2019 at 06:01PM / Updated April 13, 2019 at 09:57PM

After years during which Oregon’s recovering gray wolf population remained concentrated in the far northeast corner of the state, two new groups of wolves have migrated to the Cascade Mountains since the start of 2018. With an increase in breeding packs nearby, experts are looking
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Published April 12, 2019 at 06:41PM / Updated April 12, 2019 at 08:08PM

A couple of Deschutes County residents are banging the drum about fixing an expensive loophole. But the details on how to fix the problem have proven challenging, and the exact cost to taxpayers has proven elusive. Thousands of rural residents in Deschutes County have opted
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Joint effort responsible for $1.5M in confiscated assets and $15M in marijuana

April 10, 2019 at 08:55PM

After less than a year in operation, a groundbreaking partnership between the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and the Bend Police Department designed to crack down on criminal marijuana operations has already yielded results. The partnership has resulted in 11 search warrants and 14 arrests over
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Water is pouring into Prineville Reservoir at rates not seen since 2017 and pouring out of Bowman Dam nearly as quickly, as the massive snowfall from February begins to melt more rapidly. As of Monday morning, roughly 4,000 cubic feet per second of water were
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Oregon’s wolf population increased by 10% in 2018, according to the most recent report from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The agency’s annual wolf report, which was released Monday, notes that at least 137 gray wolves live in Oregon, up from 124 wolves
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